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TL;DR: This AUTOart 1:18 Honda S800 Roadster in red reproduces the 1966 sports car, with opening doors. It is a used model, and the box shows traces of storage. An early Honda subject built around a high-revving, motorcycle-influenced engine.
Honda entered the sports-car market carrying its motorcycle engineering with it, and the S800's small-displacement engine spinning to high revs reflected that background more than any conventional car maker's approach of the era.
The compact zinc-alloy body has a satisfying density despite its small footprint, and the doors open to expose a simplified cabin that stays true to the S800's narrow, upright dashboard and close-set bucket seats. Panel gaps run a bit wider than the tightest resin tooling would allow, standard at this tier, and the red paint holds an even gloss without the depth a costlier clear coat would add. The rounded fenders and narrow track that define the S800's silhouette come through with enough clarity to distinguish it immediately from later, wider Japanese roadsters. This is a used example, and the outer box shows traces of storage, ordinary wear the carton has picked up rather than any issue affecting the casting, which presents cleanly.
The S800 sat at the tail end of Honda's first S-series roadsters, cars built to prove the company could compete as an automaker rather than only a motorcycle manufacturer, and its screaming high-rpm four-cylinder became something of a signature for the brand's sporting ambitions. For a collection focused on 1960s Japanese cars or Honda's model history specifically, the S800 fills a gap most collections leave open, since far more attention typically goes to later Honda performance models than to this small, revvy roadster that came first.
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